This single action, for me, was the biggest thing that has advanced my RE investing.I'm part of a small meet up in downtown.

@Rhea Jackson welcome to the greatest city in America :-) Let me know if you want to meet up for lunch or coffee and talk RE.

We just held a Tulsa BP Meet Up yesterday.  

I would agree with @Chris Muller Kelowna is a great market for investment, it is getting more competitive but we are still able to find deals that meet our requirements. 

If this meets your criteria, and you plan on holding for a long time, then no worries.

We can give you general ideas, but in the end it is about reaching out and meeting people and being the name they think of when it is time to buy or sell a house.Good luck!

@J Scott  HOA s  are an important part of the due diligence.what I have personally encountered since the melt down.. is that the HOA's were never really formed other than the CCR's recorded.. developer ran out of money.. home owners never had a turn over meeting.. so its a rudderless ship.I built some homes over on the Oregon coast that was like that.. there was and or is a HOA but no one is running it.. so no one to talk to about design criteria.. and out our way . 

@Joe Mierzwinski & @Matt Brechting - I'm also from Grand Rapids, MI and just joined recently myself. 

I am looking forward to meet you all.

Thanks would love to meet someone soon